Due to my coordinator's efforts for me, I get to have my EGD in about 10 hours. This is awesome, since I'm not working this week and therefore won't have to lose a day of work.

For some reason I'm having a hard time sleeping. And here I thought I'd sleep away most of the time I can't take anything by mouth. I want a big glass of Water in the worst way right now!

My guess is that my body is just being perverse. Gah!

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I asked my nurse the same thing about being put completely under, but she said that it's not a procedure that requires you to be. They gave me just enough anesthetics to feel like everything was in slow motion and felt really relaxed. It was over before I knew it. The worst part was getting poked 5 times for the IV so drink plenty of water before fasting.

Is this something you do before surgery? Dont wanna sound stupid but was not told I have to do this...why do you do this? Who needs to do it?

Yeah the iv sucked. I was awake but the meds made me very calm. You just have to close your eyes and it'll be ok. I felt a couple inside pokes but it didn't hurt. It was really quick I promise. I didn't feel it coming out either. The stuff they spray in your throat numbs it pretty good. Good luck and try not to worry. I was scared to death and I did ok, you will too

Is this something you do before surgery? Dont wanna sound stupid but was not told I have to do this...why do you do this? Who needs to do it?

Mt surgeon does this so he has a heads up about any ulcers or hernia. As he said, you don't want ulcers along the staple line and knowing up front allows him to plan what to do if any exist in that area. He also does a biopsy to check for H. Pylori, and looks for/removes for biopsy any polyps he might find.

I've seen others who didn't do this, or who did other procedures like xrays with a barium swallow.

It might be worth asking your surgeon about it.

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It depends on ur surgeon, some drs dont make u but mine did